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Graphical Environments & Desktops • Install Debian without a DE (in order to install one that's not offered in the installer without duplication)?

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sure. just uncheck what you don't want and go for it.you will load to a tty to login and do whatever you intend to do.
Nothing at all wrong with this response but I'm gonna expand on it a little bit just because there are a couple things of which OP should probably be aware.

When you get to the section where you select a DE I'd suggest deselecting "Debian Desktop Environment" and any other DE that are checked. Probably wise to leave "Standard System Utilities" checked as this is mostly stuff you'd want to install anyway and disk space is cheap. I normally install standard system utilities and ssh server and deselect everything else.

On first boot the machine will connect to the same network used during install using a hardcoded config in /etc/network/interfaces. Graphical network managers will decline to manage an interface that's manually configured so you'd want to comment out that hardcoded config after you install Network Manager or connman.

Statistics: Posted by wizard10000 — 2025-01-18 17:52 — Replies 2 — Views 65



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